ChaCha, a free mobile answers service, allows users to call 1-800-2-ChaCha or text questions to ChaCha (242242) on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes.

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Indianapolis, Ind. -- According to Quantcast data, ChaCha.com has been the fastest-growing website in the past six months, climbing over 900 spots into the Top 100 US websites. ChaCha now has more than 12 million monthly unique visitors getting answers via texting 242-242, calling 800-224-2242, or visiting the ChaCha.com website.

"Launched less than a year ago, we are extremely proud that ChaCha.com is the fastest-growing website and now is in the Quantcast Top 100. On the mobile side, ChaCha is second only to Twitter in mobile text growth, according to Nielsen. This positions us as the #1 place to find answers via website ChaCha.com or via your mobile phone," says Scott A. Jones, CEO of ChaCha. "Through all of these access points, ChaCha has already answered over 300 million questions in less than two years."

"ChaCha, the answers service, allows users to go online, call or text questions on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes for free by texting 242-242, visiting m.chacha.com, downloading ChaCha's iPhone app, or calling 1-800-2-ChaCha. User may also ask questions via @chacha on Twitter."

Among the top-branded sites that ChaCha.com has recently passed in monthly traffic are: NFL.com, Time.com, Newsweek.com, USAToday.com, Ticketmaster.com, FoxSports.com and HowStuffWorks.com.

ChaCha (www.chacha.com) a free mobile answers service, allows users to call 1-800-2-ChaCha™ or text questions to ChaCha (242242™) on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes. Its unique advertising solutions provide pay-for-engagement opportunities for advertisers like Palm, IKEA, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and the Obama Campaign to precisely target and embed their messages within millions of text conversations. Unlike traditional media, ChaCha's advertising platform is simple, results-driven and measurable. ChaCha's mobile service now delivers over 35 million impressions each month to 2 million mobile users.

Proven innovator and entrepreneur Scott A. Jones created ChaCha in December 2005 and then launched the mobile service in January 2008. ChaCha is funded by Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm of Jeff Bezos; Morton Meyerson, former President and Vice Chairman of EDS as well as Chairman and CEO of Perot Systems; Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer; the Simon family; and Jack Gill, Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

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Indianapolis, Ind. -- ChaCha is quickly proving its leadership in local advertising by providing exceptional value to its advertisers and their customers.

Following on the launch of its immediately successful new local coupon service – ChaChaCoupons.com – ChaCha has launched two new revolutionary features that make it easy for customers to get local special offers, news and coupons sent directly to their mobile devices. These two new mobile features are a “Send to Phone” coupon feature and an “On Demand” coupon feature.

Since its online launch just 4 weeks ago, ChaChaCoupons.com has already attracted 21,000 visits and has logged nearly 160,000 page views. More importantly, for its advertisers, ChaChaCoupons.com is delivering material results. For one example, nearly 1,500 coupons have been printed from the website in a month.

ChaChaCoupons.com’s new “On Demand Coupon Service”, called “C3”, allows users on the go to easily text in a request for coupons by business type or business name and receive several offers back from ChaCha on their cell phone. For example, customers may text “C3 pizza” or “C3 tanning” to 242242 and receive offers for pizza or tanning. Or, they may text in “C3 Extreme Tanning” to see all of the current offers from the business Extreme Tanning. As a result of these new features, ChaChaCoupons.com is now Indy’s only mobile-enabled coupon site. If no coupon is available, ChaCha will send the customer a text message letting them know this and tips on how to find other coupons.

“Our customers can pick the offers of interest and take them on their mobile phones to local businesses to redeem them without ever printing them out,” says Scott A. Jones, CEO of ChaCha. “This solves the widespread problem of forgetting coupons, which can often stall or even cancel sales for businesses. And, if you are out during the hectic holiday season, we now give you the opportunity to access special offers from businesses in the area, on demand. For our local business partners, these convenient, new features put them right in front of the customers at the peak moment they are considering a purchase.”

On the Company’s website, ChaChaCoupons.com’s “Send to Phone” mobile feature allows visitors to register on the site and instantly receive local company offers of their choice on their mobile phones in the form of a text message. Users may also now sign up on ChaChaCoupons.com for a company’s VIP List. ChaCha’s VIP Lists enable customers of a business to sign up to get text messages containing news, events and deals sent to their mobile phones from their favorite local companies. In addition to business specific VIP Lists, customers can text “ChaChaVIP” to 242242 and sign up to receive offers and coupons from Indianapolis companies through ChaCha. These mobile features also create a green approach to couponing, which is appealing to both consumers and businesses in today’s world.

ChaChaCoupons.com is a complete online and mobile coupon site that makes it easy for people to search for companies and offers by business type, area of the city, alphabetical listing, newest offers, and more, in a very simple, friendly interface. Site visitors can print traditional coupons at their desktop or send them to their mobile phones to be redeemed at their favorite businesses. In some stores, customers can also send the coupon via text messaging to a ChaCha in-store coupon printer.

Jason Smith, Manager of Advertising and Marketing Strategy for The Indianapolis Children’s Museum noted, “We will be promoting Santa’s Big Arrival with holiday specials including 30 percent discounts in our museum store. ChaCha has offered us a whole new dimension that expands our reach into the text-based world to grow awareness with customers. The new mobile coupon features are fantastic and ideal for this time of year.”

“We are gratified by the reception ChaChaCoupons.com has received from both customers and our partners,” says Mr. Jones. “Our mission is to become the main source of coupon marketing for local Indy businesses, and we have done that in just 30 days. We have 210,000 Indiana-based visitors to ChaCha.com and ChaChaCoupons.com every month. Between website and mobile traffic, over 10 million unique users per month come to ChaCha as a ‘best friend’ to answer their questions. The logical extension of this was to point ChaCha users to the best local deals and businesses. These new mobile access features give our customers maximum flexibility to save money with coupons and learn about local companies.”

Over 270 Indianapolis business listings and 470 individual offers and coupons are already on ChaChaCoupons.com in one month, and more are being added rapidly. The website offers local businesses and organizations compelling web traffic, which translates to more customers walking in the door. The coupon site has already passed 1200 users over to websites of local businesses. The ChaCha.com domain now has more traffic than USAToday.com, WSJ.com, or MTV.com and is the fastest growing company in the top 150 websites by Quantcast. Currently ranked at 106, ChaCha is the only Indianapolis company to have achieved this growth pace and honor with Quantcast.

ChaCha (www.chacha.com), a free mobile answers service, allows users to call 1-800-2-ChaCha™ or text questions to ChaCha (242242™) on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes.  Its unique advertising solutions provide opportunities for national and local advertisers and brands such as Palm, AT&T, IKEA, Johnson and Johnson, Paramount Pictures, the CW Network and the Obama Campaign to precisely target and embed their messages within millions of text conversations. Unlike traditional media, ChaCha’s advertising platform is simple, results-driven and measurable. ChaCha’s mobile and online service now delivers over 50 million impressions every month to over 10 million users, garnering more audience in the 18-24 age group than even the most popular broadcast and cable TV shows.

Proven innovator and entrepreneur Scott A. Jones created ChaCha in December 2005 and then launched the mobile service in January 2008. ChaCha is funded by Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm of Jeff Bezos; Morton Meyerson, former President and Vice Chairman of EDS as well as Chairman and CEO of Perot Systems; Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer; and Jack Gill, Silicon Valley venture capitalist.  Key advisors include Jim Warner, former President of CBS Television Network and Executive Vice President of Avenue A | Razorfish.

Source: ChaCha